CVE-2022-50175

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.137 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: tw686x: Fix memory leak in tw686x_video_init video_device_alloc() allocates memory for vdev, when video_register_device() fails, it doesn't release the memory and leads to memory leak, call video_device_release() to fix this.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0597bcf774896a002edcc7934a9cdbb932b66702

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611f86965df013d6021e6cd0d155b1734ad2cf21

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b412db51db24dfba22c96948580d4a12f831397

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c142a7531b90c6b0f946c82d3f504b3f36a207df

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0b212ec9d8177d6f7c404315293f6a085d6ee42

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0004

EPSS Percentile 13.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-401

Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.10.137

linux/Kernel < 5.10.137linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.61linux

linux/Kernel < 5.18.18linux

linux/Kernel < 5.19.2linux

Timeline

Published Jun 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026